ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,390, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co.; (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for controlling vehicle" was invented by Sang Min Lee (Suwon-Si, South Korea), Jang Yeol Kim (Yongin-Si, South Korea), Eul Yong Kim (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea) and Dae Han Choi (Hwaseong-Si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle control apparatus includes a sensor provided in each of vehicle seats and outputting a fastening signal when a seat belt is fastened, and outputting a non-fastening signal when the seat belt is not fastened, and a controller that stores an available seat count...